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{{short description|Scottish actress, director, screenwriter and model.}}
{{Distinguish|Karen Gillon}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Karen Gillan
| image = Karen Gillan (34609339830) (cropped) retouched.jpg
| alt = Colour photograph of Karen Gillan
| caption = Gillan in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|11|28}}
| birth_place = [[Inverness]], Scotland
| residence = [[New York City]], U.S.
| nationality = [[United Kingdom|Scottish]]
| alma_mater = [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Actress
* director
* screenwriter
* model}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| relatives = [[Caitlin Blackwood]] (cousin)
}}

'''Karen Gillan''' (born 28 November 1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geek.com/television/happy-birthday-doctor-who-companion-karen-gillan-1724182/|title=Happy Birthday, 'Doctor Who' Companion Karen Gillan! - Geek.com|date=28 November 2017|publisher=}}</ref> is a Scottish actress, director, screenwriter and model. She played the role of [[Amy Pond]], [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], in the [[BBC One]] science fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (2010–2013). She has received wide recognition for portraying [[Nebula (comics)|Nebula]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] films ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' (2014), ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'' (2017), ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' (2018) and its [[Untitled Avengers film|untitled sequel]] (2019) and also played Ruby Roundhouse in the box-office hit ''[[Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle]]'' (2017).

In 2018, she released her first featured film as a writer and director, titled ''[[The Party's Just Beginning]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/karen-gillan-updates-on-directing-debut-lee-pace-joins-cast/5113878.article |title=Karen Gillan updates on directing debut, Lee Pace joins cast |work=ScreenDaily |date=18 January 2017 |accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
Gillan was born and raised in [[Inverness]]. When she turned 16, Gillan moved to [[Edinburgh]] and completed an HNC Acting and Performance course at [[Edinburgh's Telford College|Telford College]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-karen-gillan-doctor-who-actress-1-1234469 |title=Interview Karen Gillan |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=3 April 2010 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110122142/http://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-karen-gillan-doctor-who-actress-1-1234469 |archivedate=10 November 2013 }}</ref> She moved to [[London]] at age 18 to study at the [[drama school]], [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Home/Whos-that-girl-5705502.htm |title=Who's that girl? |first=Calum |last=Macleod |work=Inverness Courier |publisher=Scottish Provincial Press |date=26 March 2010 |accessdate=3 April 2010 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110122017/http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Home/Whos-that-girl-5705502.htm |archivedate=10 November 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/arts-ents/film-tv-features/karen-gillan-on-being-the-new-doctor-who-companion-1.1015197 |title=Karen Gillan on being the new doctor who companion |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |publisher=[[Newsquest]] |first=Mark |last=Smith |date=22 March 2010 |accessdate=30 July 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203114242/http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/arts-ents/film-tv-features/karen-gillan-on-being-the-new-doctor-who-companion-1.1015197 |archivedate=3 December 2011 }}</ref>

While studying at Italia Conti, Gillan was scouted by a modelling agency.<ref name="dm2">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.co.uk/celebs-tv/tv/2010/06/20/karen-gillan-on-her-role-as-doctor-who-s-sexy-sidekick-102039-22344977/ |title=Karen Gillan on her role as doctor who's new sexy sidekick |website=People.co.uk |date=20 June 2010 |first=Nada |last=Farhoud |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816101007/http://www.people.co.uk/celebs-tv/tv/2010/06/20/karen-gillan-on-her-role-as-doctor-who-s-sexy-sidekick-102039-22344977/ |archivedate=16 August 2012}}</ref> Gillan has said she would not give up her acting career to return to modelling, stating that she enjoyed modelling but acting was always her main interest and goal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/karen-gillan-obsessive-fans-short-skirts-and-life-with-doctor-who-2278843.html |title=Karen Gillan: Obsessive fans, short skirts and life with Doctor Who |first=Gerard |last=Gilbert |newspaper=The Independent |date=6 May 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806170908/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/karen-gillan-obsessive-fans-short-skirts-and-life-with-doctor-who-2278843.html |archivedate=6 August 2011 }}</ref>

==Career==
===Television===
[[File:The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond.jpg|thumb|Gillan with [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]], filming her first [[Doctor Who]] [[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|episode]] as [[Amy Pond]].]]
Gillan's early television acting career included guest appearances on several drama series, with her first role being in an episode of ''[[Rebus (TV series)|Rebus]]'', a role she obtained while still at Italia Conti.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10882369/Karen-Gillan-The-American-dating-scene-terrified-me.html |title=Karen Gillan: 'The American dating scene terrified me' |first=Sanjiv |last=Bhattacharya |date=30 September 2014 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=2 August 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823055839/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10882369/Karen-Gillan-The-American-dating-scene-terrified-me.html |archivedate=23 August 2015 }}</ref> Gillan then undertook a two-year stint as a member of the ensemble cast of the [[sketch comedy]] series ''[[The Kevin Bishop Show]]'', in which she played multiple characters including celebrities such as [[Katy Perry]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]. Gillan also appeared on TV in a leading role in a horror project entitled ''The Well'', which was broadcast as a series of episodic short films on [[BBC Two]] and later as a web series on BBC.co.uk. Part of the BBC's multimedia "switch" programming, the short episodes interconnect with online games that further explore the environments presented in the series.<ref name="The Well">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/switch/thewell/ |title=BBC Switch presents "The Well" |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626045521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/switch/thewell/ |archivedate=26 June 2010 }}</ref>

Gillan portrayed [[Amy Pond]], companion to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], on the British sci-fi series ''Doctor Who''. Before cast in the lead role in May 2009, she previously appeared on ''Doctor Who'' in [[Doctor Who (series 4)|series four]] episode "[[The Fires of Pompeii]]" in the role of a Soothsayer.<ref name="dm2" /> She made her first on-screen appearance as Amy Pond in "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]" with her cousin Caitlin Blackwood portraying a young Amelia (Amy) Pond.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/tv/166996-karen-gillan-bags-relative-role/ |title=Karen Gillan bags relative role |date=31 March 2010 |website=[[STV (TV network)|STV]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106223101/http://entertainment.stv.tv/tv/166996-karen-gillan-bags-relative-role/ |archivedate=6 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/news/Gillan-never-watched-Dr-Who.6433128.jp |title=Gillan never watched Dr Who until landing leading role |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=22 July 2010 |first=Stuart |last=MacDonald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Morgan |first=Susan |title=Interview: Karen Gillan, Doctor Who actor |url=http://www.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Karen-Gillan-Doctor-Who.6756400.jp |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=24 April 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905174547/http://www.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Karen-Gillan-Doctor-Who.6756400.jp |archivedate=5 September 2011 }}</ref> In 2010, she won in the Entertainment category at [[Young Scot Awards]]. She appeared in the following [[Doctor Who (series 6)|sixth series]] in 2011 and the first five episodes of the [[Doctor Who (series 7)|seventh series]] in 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/07/doctor-who-star-karen-gillan-set-for-season-7-i-am-going-to-be-coming-back.html |title='Doctor Who' star Karen Gillan set for Season 7: 'I am going to come back!' |website=Zap2it |accessdate=1 August 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730220952/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/07/doctor-who-star-karen-gillan-set-for-season-7-i-am-going-to-be-coming-back.html |archivedate=30 July 2011 }}</ref> after which her character and [[Rory Williams]] (portrayed by [[Arthur Darvill]]) have left the series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a356259/doctor-who-karen-gillan-arthur-darvill-to-leave-next-series.html |title='Doctor Who': Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill to leave next series |last=Sperling |first=Daniel |date=15 December 2011 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |accessdate=15 December 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107150538/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a356259/doctor-who-karen-gillan-arthur-darvill-to-leave-next-series.html |archivedate=7 January 2012 }}</ref> Gillan reprised her role in a cameo appearance in the 2013 Christmas special "[[The Time of the Doctor]]".

She was cast in comedian Charlie Brooker's TV series ''A Touch of Cloth'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a399450/doctor-whos-karen-gillan-to-star-in-sky1s-a-touch-of-cloth.html |title=Karen Gillan To Star in Sky1's ''A Touch of Cloth'' |website=Digital Spy |accessdate=9 September 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817232213/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a399450/doctor-whos-karen-gillan-to-star-in-sky1s-a-touch-of-cloth.html |archivedate=17 August 2012 }}</ref> portraying Kerry Newblood. Gillan joined the regular cast of [[Adult Swim]]'s ''[[NTSF:SD:SUV::]]'' for the show's third season in 2013.<ref name=ntsfannounce>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/03/doctor-who-alum-karen-gillan-joins-adult-swims-ntsfsdsuv/ |title=‘Doctor Who' Alum Karen Gillan Joins Adult Swim's ‘NTSF:SD:SUV::' |last=Wicks |first=Kevin |date=21 March 2013 |work=[[BBC America]] |accessdate=3 January 2014 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103165103/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/03/doctor-who-alum-karen-gillan-joins-adult-swims-ntsfsdsuv/ |archivedate=3 January 2014 }}</ref><ref name=ign>{{cite web |url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/21/doctor-whos-karen-gillan-joins-ntsfsdsuv |title=Doctor Who's Karen Gillan Joins NTSF:SD:SUV |last=Goldman |first=Eric |date=21 March 2013 |work=[[IGN]] |accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref>

In February 2014, Gillan was cast as the lead in ''[[Selfie (TV series)|Selfie]]'', an American single-camera sitcom for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], which is produced by [[Warner Bros. Television]] and was greenlit for the 2014–15 US television season. Gillan played a social media-obsessed socialite named Eliza Dooley, a modern-day take on the main character from ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', [[Eliza Doolittle]]. This was Gillan's first time starring in the lead role of an American television series.<ref name="bbcamerica">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/02/doctor-star-karen-gillan-scores-lead-abc-sitcom-pilot-selfie/ |title=‘Doctor Who' Star Karen Gillan Scores Lead in ABC Sitcom Pilot, ‘Selfie' |publisher=[[BBC America]] |date=18 February 2014 |accessdate=11 May 2014 |last=Wicks |first=Kevin |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215429/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/02/doctor-star-karen-gillan-scores-lead-abc-sitcom-pilot-selfie/ |archivedate=12 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2014/05/08/development-update-thursday-may-8-abc-continues-series-orders-with-quartet-603023/10865/ |title=Development Update: Thursday, May 8 - ABC Continues Series Orders with Quartet |website=The Futon Critic |date=8 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="radiotimes">{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-05-09/karen-gillans-us-comedy-selfie-gets-a-full-series |title=Karen Gillan's US comedy Selfie gets a full series |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=9 May 2014 |accessdate=11 May 2014 |last=Lazarus |first=Suzanna |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223115/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-05-09/karen-gillans-us-comedy-selfie-gets-a-full-series |archivedate=12 May 2014 }}</ref> The series was cancelled by ABC on 7 November 2014 after seven episodes;<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=http://deadline.com/2014/11/selfie-cancelled-abc-1201277382/ |title='Selfie' Cancelled By ABC |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=7 November 2014 |accessdate=3 December 2014 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208124133/http://deadline.com/2014/11/selfie-cancelled-abc-1201277382/ |archivedate=8 December 2014 }}</ref> the remaining six episodes were made available on [[Hulu]] starting 25 November 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |url=http://tvline.com/2014/11/24/selfie-cancelled-remaining-episodes-on-hulu/ |title=Unaired ''Selfie'' Episodes Head to Hulu |website=[[TVLine]] |date=24 November 2014 |accessdate=3 December 2014 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128015439/http://tvline.com/2014/11/24/selfie-cancelled-remaining-episodes-on-hulu/ |archivedate=28 November 2014 }}</ref>

===Film===
[[File:Karen Gillan by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|upright|Gillan at the 2016 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
She appeared in the [[Channel 4]] film ''[[Stacked (film)|Stacked]]''.

In August 2011, it was announced that Gillan would star in an indie Scottish [[romantic comedy]] called ''[[Not Another Happy Ending]]'' alongside [[Emun Elliott]].<ref name="HappyEnding">{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/karen-gillan-emun-elliott-to-star-in-not-another-happy-ending/5030411.article |title=Not another happy ending |first=Sarah |last=Cooper |date=1 August 2011 |website=Screen Daily |accessdate=1 August 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010050024/http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/karen-gillan-emun-elliott-to-star-in-not-another-happy-ending/5030411.article |archivedate=10 October 2012 }}</ref> She was selected by director [[John McKay (director)|John McKay]] because he came to know her during the production of ''[[We'll Take Manhattan (2012 film)|We'll Take Manhattan]]'', which he also directed, as "a very bubbly, vibrant, energetic, funny, slightly clumsy person" who was a perfect fit for the character.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zcint.co.uk/article/john-mckay-on-not-another-happy-ending |title=John McKay Talks 'Not Another Happy Ending' |first=Connor |last=Beaton |website=zConnection |date=18 June 2012 |accessdate=24 May 2013 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113140017/http://zcint.co.uk/article/john-mckay-on-not-another-happy-ending |archivedate=13 November 2013 }}</ref> Filming took place in July 2012,<ref name="HappyEnding"/> though Elliott was replaced by [[Stanley Weber]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zcint.co.uk/article/not-another-happy-ending-casts-stanley-weber |title="Not Another Happy Ending" Casts Stanley Weber |first=Connor |last=Beaton |website=zConnection |date=18 June 2012 |accessdate=24 May 2013 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227153411/http://zcint.co.uk/article/not-another-happy-ending-casts-stanley-weber |archivedate=27 December 2013 }}</ref> Gillan told journalists that she was happy to be involved in a Scottish production that "isn't about drug use or fighting the English".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zcint.co.uk/article/karen-gillan-and-arthur-darvill-whats-next |title=Karen Gillan And Arthur Darvill: What's Next? |first=Connor |last=Beaton |website=zConnection |date=26 March 2012 |accessdate=24 May 2013 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227121648/http://zcint.co.uk/article/karen-gillan-and-arthur-darvill-whats-next |archivedate=27 December 2013 }}</ref> The film premiered at the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]] in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zcint.co.uk/article/karen-gillan-romcom-will-close-edinburgh-film-festival |title=Karen Gillan Rom-Com Will Close Edinburgh Film Festival |first=Connor |last=Beaton |website=zConnection |date=24 April 2013 |accessdate=24 May 2013 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727170833/http://zcint.co.uk/article/karen-gillan-romcom-will-close-edinburgh-film-festival |archivedate=27 July 2013 }}</ref><ref name="We'll take manhattan">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/mar/30/doctor-who-karen-gillan-jean-shrimpton-bbc4 |title=Doctor Who's Karen Gillan to play Jean Shrimpton in BBC4 drama |location=London |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Jason |last=Deans |date=30 March 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106013536/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/mar/30/doctor-who-karen-gillan-jean-shrimpton-bbc4 |archivedate=6 January 2017 }}</ref><ref name="Romeo & Juliet">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/s7/doctor-who/news/a288086/karen-gillan-to-star-in-romeo-and-brittney.html |title=Karen Gillan to star in Romeo & Brittney |first=Simon |last=Reynolds |date=16 November 2010 |website=Digital Spy |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826181044/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/s7/doctor-who/news/a288086/karen-gillan-to-star-in-romeo-and-brittney.html |archivedate=26 August 2011 }}</ref> In 2012, Gillan appeared in the television film ''[[We'll Take Manhattan (2012 film)|We'll Take Manhattan]]'' playing the part of supermodel [[Jean Shrimpton]], which told the story of Shrimpton's relationship with the photographer [[David Bailey (photographer)|David Bailey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ndbn6 |title=We'll Take Manhattan |website=BBC |accessdate=26 January 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126065932/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ndbn6 |archivedate=26 January 2012 }}</ref>

Gillan starred in the lead role in the supernatural horror movie ''[[Oculus (film)|Oculus]]'', which was filmed in Alabama and released in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.itsonthegrid.com/news/attachment-casting-karen-gillan-to-star-in-oculus/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130126164120/http://www.itsonthegrid.com/news/attachment-casting-karen-gillan-to-star-in-oculus/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Casting: Karen Gillan to star in "Oculus" |website=It's on the grid |accessdate=9 September 2012 }}</ref>

In May 2013, Gillan was cast as [[Nebula (comics)|Nebula]] in the Marvel superhero science fiction film ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', which was released in August 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' villains revealed |url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/report-guardians-of-the-galaxy-villains-revealed |work=Hit Fix |accessdate=29 July 2013 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718122617/http://www.hitfix.com/news/report-guardians-of-the-galaxy-villains-revealed |archivedate=18 July 2013 }}</ref> Gillan had her head shaved bald for the role.

In May 2014, Gillan was cast in the [[Ti West]]-directed Western film ''[[In a Valley of Violence]]'' opposite [[John Travolta]], [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Taissa Farmiga]]. Gillan portrayed Ellen, the older sister to Farmiga's character.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yamato |first=Jen |url=http://deadline.com/2014/05/karen-gillan-in-a-valley-of-violence-oculus-doctor-who-735333/ |title='Doctor Who's Karen Gillan Joins Ti West's 'In A Valley Of Violence' |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=23 May 2014 |accessdate=3 December 2014 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041920/http://deadline.com/2014/05/karen-gillan-in-a-valley-of-violence-oculus-doctor-who-735333/ |archivedate=29 November 2014 }}</ref>

In 2015, Gillan appeared in the [[Adam McKay]]-directed drama film ''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]'' alongside [[Brad Pitt]], [[Christian Bale]], [[Ryan Gosling]], [[Steve Carell]] and [[Melissa Leo]].<ref name="thebigshort">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2015/05/09/karen-gillan-joins-brad-pitts-the-big-short/ |title=Karen Gillan Joins Brad Pitt's ‘The Big Short' |newspaper=The Hollywood News |date=9 May 2015 |accessdate=9 May 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511085049/http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2015/05/09/karen-gillan-joins-brad-pitts-the-big-short/ |archivedate=11 May 2015 }}</ref>

In 2017, Gillan reprised her role as Nebula in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'', this time becoming a member of the film's eponymous team,<ref name="GotGV2">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/15/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-zoe-saldana-on-gamora-nebula-and-thanos |title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Zoe Saldana On Gamora, Nebula And Thanos |last=Vejvoda |first=Jim |website=[[IGN]] |date=17 July 2016 |accessdate=17 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717152323/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/15/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-zoe-saldana-on-gamora-nebula-and-thanos |archivedate=17 July 2016 }}</ref> and co-starred in ''[[The Circle (2017 film)|The Circle]]'', alongside [[Emma Watson]], [[Tom Hanks]], and [[John Boyega]]. The latter film, released in April, was directed and written by [[James Ponsoldt]], and was based on the novel by [[Dave Eggers]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=McNary |first=Dave |title=Karen Gillan Joins Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega in ‘The Circle' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/karen-gillan-joins-tom-hanks-emma-watson-john-boyega-in-the-circle-1201583049/ |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |accessdate=2 September 2015 |date=1 September 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902101300/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/karen-gillan-joins-tom-hanks-emma-watson-john-boyega-in-the-circle-1201583049/ |archivedate=2 September 2015 }}</ref> Also that year, Gillan played the lead female role in ''[[Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle]]'', a sequel to 1995 film ''[[Jumanji]]'', starring alongside [[Dwayne Johnson]], [[Kevin Hart]], [[Jack Black]] and [[Nick Jonas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://deadline.com/2016/08/karen-gillan-jumanji-movie-casting-1201810852/ |title=Karen Gillan Game For Big Role In 'Jumanji' Alongside Dwayne Johnson & Kevin Hart |first=Patrick |last=Hipes |date=30 August 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=21 October 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831114750/http://deadline.com/2016/08/karen-gillan-jumanji-movie-casting-1201810852/ |archivedate=31 August 2016 }}</ref>

Gillan reprised her Nebula character in ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' and [[Untitled Avengers film|its untitled, upcoming, sequel]], which were filmed back-to-back. [[Principal photography]] began in January 2017, at [[Pinewood Studios#Pinewood Atlanta|Pinewood Atlanta Studios]] in [[Fayette County, Georgia]].

===Theatre===
In 2011, Gillan made her first theatre appearance playing the role of Shirley in [[John Osborne]]'s play ''[[Inadmissible Evidence]]'' along with [[Douglas Hodge]].<ref name="Theatre">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14247581 |title=Doctor Who star Karen Gillan to make theatre debut |date=22 July 2011 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 August 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728181652/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14247581 |archivedate=28 July 2011 }}</ref> The play debuted at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] on 16 October 2011.<ref name="Theatre"/>

In November 2013, Gillan appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in a play called ''Time to Act'', one of the plays included in "The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway" to benefit the non-profit Urban Arts Partnership.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanarts.org/event/the-24-hour-plays-on-broadway/ |title=The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway Benefit 2013 |work=Urban Arts Partnership |accessdate=2 August 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922015014/http://www.urbanarts.org/event/the-24-hour-plays-on-broadway/ |archivedate=22 September 2015 }}</ref>

===Selected other work===
Gillan has also voiced advertisements for [[eHarmony]] and [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]]. Gillan also appeared in [[TV on the Radio]]'s "[[Happy Idiot]]" music video, released on 3 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Minsker|first1=Evan|title=TV on the Radio's "Happy Idiot" Video Stars Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman) and Karen Gillan|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/56905-tv-on-the-radios-happy-idiot-video-stars-paul-reubens-aka-pee-wee-herman-and-karen-gillan/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=14 April 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811105126/http://pitchfork.com/news/56905-tv-on-the-radios-happy-idiot-video-stars-paul-reubens-aka-pee-wee-herman-and-karen-gillan/|archivedate=11 August 2017}}</ref>

Gillan wrote and directed her first short film, ''Coward'', which screened at the 2015 [[Edinburgh Film Festival]], and nominated for several awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifsfilm.com/2015/Award_Winners.html |title=IFS 2015 Awards |website=The IFS |accessdate=31 May 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518071219/http://www.ifsfilm.com/2015/Award_Winners.html |archivedate=18 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/2015/05/scottish-filmmaking-strikes-a-note-at-eiff-2015 |website=Edinburgh Film Festival |date=19 May 2015 |accessdate=31 May 2015 |title=Scottish Filmmaking Strikes a Note at EIFF 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530225211/http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/2015/05/scottish-filmmaking-strikes-a-note-at-eiff-2015 |archivedate=30 May 2015 }}</ref> Later in the year she wrote, directed, and starred in another short film called ''Conventional''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.funsizehorror.com/originals/conventional |title=Conventional |website=Fun Sized Horror |date=19 October 2015 |accessdate=21 October 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027030102/http://www.funsizehorror.com/originals/conventional |archivedate=27 October 2016 }}</ref>

On 2 November 2016, it was announced that Gillan will write, direct and star in her feature directorial debut with Burbank-based development and production company Mt. Hollywood Films' [[Independent film|indie]] [[Drama film|drama]] project titled ''Tupperware Party''. Set in her home city of [[Inverness]] in the [[Scottish Highlands]], filming began in January 2017<ref>{{cite news|title=Karen Gillan on Tupperware Party, Inverness and Avengers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-38638907|publisher=BBC|date=17 January 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118023342/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-38638907|archivedate=18 January 2017}}</ref> and wrapped in the next month.<ref name="Tupperware">{{cite web|title=Karen Gillan on Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BPzrgp4gIKj/|website=[[Instagram]]|accessdate=11 February 2017|quote=That's a wrap on Tupperware Party! I am so amazed by every single one of our cast and crew. We had a bloody good laugh and made something really special. Thanks to everyone involved. #tupperwarepartymovie #filmmaking @malielfman @clairey1111|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422152241/https://www.instagram.com/p/BPzrgp4gIKj/|archivedate=22 April 2017}}</ref> The title of the film was later changed to ''[[The Party's Just Beginning]]''.

==Personal life==
In 2011, Gillan helped promote Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetrendboutique.co.uk/fashion-targets-breast-cancer-launches-new-campaign-for-2011/a |title=Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Launches New Campaign for 2011 |website=The Trend Boutique.co.uk |date=13 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830023943/http://www.thetrendboutique.co.uk/fashion-targets-breast-cancer-launches-new-campaign-for-2011/a |archivedate=30 August 2011 }}</ref> and the opening of Squirrel Ward in [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]] in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.gosh.org/our-hospital/squirrel-wards-opens-with-a-visit-from-karen-gillen/ |title=Squirrel Ward opens with a visit from Karen Gillan |website=Great Ormond Street Hospital |date=3 August 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729230250/http://blog.gosh.org/our-hospital/squirrel-wards-opens-with-a-visit-from-karen-gillen/ |archivedate=29 July 2013 }}</ref> During a 2012 interview on ''[[The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)|The Late Late Show]]'', she stated that she had relocated to the US to star in the film ''[[Oculus (film)|Oculus]]''.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/>

She has stated that, although her family is [[Catholic]], she has not been christened and is not religious, instead agreeing with the statement that, "we're just minuscule dots in the vast cosmic emptiness of the universe".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film/karen-gillan-on-life-love-and-doctor-who.21351833 |title=Karen Gillan on life, love and Doctor Who |first=Teddy |last=Jamieson |newspaper=The Herald |date=15 June 2013 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107002823/http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film/karen-gillan-on-life-love-and-doctor-who.21351833 |archivedate=7 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Feature films===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|2010
|''[[Outcast (2010 film)|Outcast]]''
|Ally
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|''[[Not Another Happy Ending]]''
|Jane Lockhart
|
|-
|''[[Oculus (film)|Oculus]]''
|Kaylie Russell
|
|-
| 2014
|''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''
|[[Nebula (comics)|Nebula]]
|
|-
| 2015
|''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]''
|Evie
|
|-
|2016
|''[[In a Valley of Violence]]''
|Ellen
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017
|''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]''
|Nebula
|
|-
|''[[The Circle (2017 film)|The Circle]]''
|Annie Allerton
|
|-
| ''[[Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle]]''
|Martha
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2018
|''[[The Party's Just Beginning]]''
|Liusaidh
|Also director and screenwriter
|-
|''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]''
|Nebula
|
|-
|''[[Alex & the List]]''
|Lily
|
|-
|''All Creatures Here Below''
|Ruby <!-- https://deadline.com/2018/10/all-creatures-here-below-trailer-karen-gillan-david-dastmalchian-collinschiffli-1202480574/ -->
|Post-production
|-
|rowspan=3|2019
|[[Untitled Avengers film|Untitled ''Avengers'' film]]
|Nebula
|Post-production
|-
|''[[Spies in Disguise]]''
|Eyes (voice)
|Filming
|-
|''[[Call of the Wild (2019 film)|Call of the Wild]]''
|Mercedes
|Filming
|}

===Short films===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|2014
|''Bound for Greatness''
|Maeve MacDonough
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2015
|''Warning Labels''
|Mindy
|
|-
|''Coward''
|{{n/a|—}}
|Director, screenwriter and executive producer
|-
|''[[Fun Size Horror|Fun Size Horror: Volume Two]]''
|Rachel Milligan
|segment ''Conventional''<br />Also director and screenwriter
|-
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|2006
|''[[Rebus (TV series)|Rebus]]''
|Teri Cotter
|Episode: "[[A Question of Blood (Rebus)|A Question of Blood]]"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2008
|''[[Stacked (film)|Stacked]]''
|Ginny Turner
|Television film
|-
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|Soothsayer
|Episode: "[[The Fires of Pompeii]]"
|-
|''[[Harley Street (TV series)|Harley Street]]''
|Holly
|Episode 1
|-
|2008–2009
|''{{sortname|The|Kevin Bishop Show}}''
|Various characters
|Main role
|-
|2008
|''[[Coming Up (TV series)|Coming Up]]''
|Anna
|Episode: "Thinspiration"
|-
|2009
|''{{sortname|The|Well|dab=TV series}}''
|Coll
|4 episodes
|-
|2010–2013
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|[[Amy Pond]]
| [[Doctor Who (series 5)|Series 5]]–[[Doctor Who (series 7)|7]], [[Doctor Who (2013 specials)|2013 specials]]
|-
|2010–2011
|''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''
|Herself
|Recurring role
|-
|rowspan="2" |2012
|''[[We'll Take Manhattan (2012 film)|We'll Take Manhattan]]''
|[[Jean Shrimpton]]
|Television film
|-
|''In Love With...''
|Laura
|Episode: "In Love with Coward"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGLOmtYxQNY|title=In Love with Coward - Karen Gillan|first=|last=Archangel|date=17 March 2012|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|''[[NTSF:SD:SUV::]]''
|Daisy
|Main role
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''{{sortname|A|Touch of Cloth}}''
|Kerry Newblood
|2 episodes
|-
|''[[Selfie (TV series)|Selfie]]''
|Eliza Dooley
|Main role
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015
|''The Devil You Know''
| Jane Porter
| Unaired [[HBO]] [[pilot episode]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/03/ever-carradine-damien-molony-cast-hbo-pilot-the-devil-you-know-1201392183/|title=HBO Pilot ‘The Devil You Know’: Ever Carradine & Damien Molony Among Additions|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=13 March 2015|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://season-zero.com/the-devil-you-know-hbo-pilot-preview/|title=The Devil You Know (HBO) pilot preview: Meet Nancy Botwin & Piper Chapman’s wild ancestors – Season Zero|website=season-zero.com}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)|Comedy Bang! Bang!]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "[[List of Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series) episodes#Season 4 (2015)|Karen Gillan Wears A Black and White Striped Pullover and Coral Skirt]]"
|-
|''[[7 Days in Hell]]''
|Lily Allsworth
|Television film
|-
|''[[Robot Chicken]]''
|[[Anastasia Steele]] / Susanna Walcott / Elizabeth Proctor (voice)
|Episode: "[[Robot Chicken (season 8)#Episodes|Zero Vegetables]]"
|-
|2016
|''Emo Dad''
|Jessica (voice)
|5 episodes
|}

===Video games===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
! Notes
|-
| 2010–2011
|''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]''
| rowspan="3" |Amy Pond
| Series 1–2
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
| ''[[Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth]]''
|
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: Return to Earth]]''
|
|}

==Stage==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
|-
|2011
|''[[Inadmissible Evidence]]''
|Shirley
|[[Donmar Warehouse]]
|-
|2013
|''Time to Act''
|Karen
|[[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
!class="unsortable"|Ref.
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|[[TV Quick Awards]]
|[[TV Quick Award#2010 Winners|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="8"|''Doctor Who''
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000740/2010 |title=TV Quick Award |work=imdb.com |accessdate=2 August 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924185154/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000740/2010 |archivedate=24 September 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]''{{'}}s Ultimate Women of the Year Awards
|Best Actress
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/entertainment/news/a10343/cosmos-ultimate-women-of-the-year-awards-109043/ |title=Cosmo's Ultimate Women of the Year Awards |journal=Cosmopolitan |date=3 November 2010 |accessdate=7 March 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122151/http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/entertainment/news/a10343/cosmos-ultimate-women-of-the-year-awards-109043/ |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Young Scot Awards]]
|Entertainment
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/revealed---the-40-finalists-for-the-young-1054480 | work = Daily Record | title = Revealed - the 40 finalists for the Young Scot Awards 2010 | accessdate = 17 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/young-scot-awards-2010-night-1057874 | work = Daily Record | title = Young Scot Awards 2010: Night of tears and joy as inspiring youngsters celebrate | accessdate = 17 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011
|''[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]'' Awards
|Best Actress
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/sfx-awards-winners-announced/ |title=SFX Awards Winners Announced (2011) |website=[[GamesRadar]] |date=5 February 2011 |accessdate=31 March 2015 |first=Dave |last=Golder |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405014446/http://www.gamesradar.com/sfx-awards-winners-announced/ |archivedate=5 April 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|[[TV Choice Awards]]
|[[TV Choice#2011 Winners|Best Actress]]
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a340240/tv-choice-awards-2011-the-winners.html |title=TV Choice Awards 2011 – The winners – TV News |website=Digital Spy |date=13 September 2011 |accessdate=5 September 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6DqBdkmH5?url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a340240/tv-choice-awards-2011-the-winners.html |archivedate=21 January 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Scream Awards]]
|[[2011 Scream Awards#Nominees|Best Sci-Fi Actress]]
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spike.com/press/2011/09/07/spike-tv-announces-scream-awards-2011-nominees/ |title=Spike TV Announces "SCREAM Awards 2011" Nominees |website=[[Spike TV]] |date=7 September 2011 |accessdate=31 March 2015 |first=Aileen |last=Budow |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Rd6MeAx3?url=http://www.spike.com/press/2011/09/07/spike-tv-announces-scream-awards-2011-nominees/ |archivedate=6 August 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |2012
|[[National Television Awards]]
|[[17th National Television Awards#Awards|Best Drama Performance: Female]]
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a362036/national-television-awards-winners-list-in-full.html#~p8xrB8lwwVg7uj |title=National Television Awards winners list – In Full |website=Digital Spy |date=25 January 2012 |accessdate=31 March 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012061507/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a362036/national-television-awards-winners-list-in-full.html#~p8xrB8lwwVg7uj |archivedate=12 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|''[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]'' Awards
|Best Actress
|{{nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hypable.com/list-of-winners-from-the-sfx-2012-awards/|title=List of winners from the SFX 2012 awards|date=6 February 2012|publisher=}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards]]
|[[Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards 2012|Favourite UK Actress]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kca.nick.co.uk/info/kca2012-nominees |title=The 2012 KCA Nominees |website=Nickelodeon |date=19 February 2012 |accessdate=27 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219191512/http://kca.nick.co.uk/info/kca2012-nominees |archivedate=19 February 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|Scottish Fashion Awards
|Scotland's Fashion Icon
|{{n/a}}
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/06/doctor-whos-day-roundup-karen-gillan-named-scottish-fashion-icon-of-the-year |title=''Doctor Who''{{'}}s Day Roundup: Karen Gillan Named Scottish Fashion Icon of the Year |website=[[BBC America]] |date=12 June 2012 |accessdate=16 June 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615172142/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/06/doctor-whos-day-roundup-karen-gillan-named-scottish-fashion-icon-of-the-year/ |archivedate=15 June 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2013
|National Television Awards
|[[18th National Television Awards|Best Drama Performance – Female]]
|''Doctor Who''
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a453099/national-tv-awards-2013-the-winners-list-in-full.html#~p8xs22B8f59STQ |title=National TV Awards 2013: The winners' list – in full |website=Digital Spy |date=23 January 2013 |accessdate=31 March 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135353/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a453099/national-tv-awards-2013-the-winners-list-in-full.html#~p8xs22B8f59STQ |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |2014
|Fright Meter Awards
|Best Actress
|''Oculus''
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frightmeterawards.com/past-winners-of-fright-meter.php?sYr=2014 |title=Past Winners of Fright Meter Awards (2014) |website=Fright Meter Awards |accessdate=2 August 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015626/http://www.frightmeterawards.com/past-winners-of-fright-meter.php?sYr=2014 |archivedate=24 September 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Detroit Film Critics Society]]
|[[Detroit Film Critics Society#Best Ensemble 6|Best Ensemble]]
|rowspan="4" |''Guardians of the Galaxy''
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://detroitfilmcritics.com/the-2014-detroit-film-critics-society-awards/ |title=The 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards |website=Detroit Film Critics Society |date=15 December 2014 |accessdate=31 March 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402161833/http://detroitfilmcritics.com/the-2014-detroit-film-critics-society-awards/ |archivedate=2 April 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|Nevada Film Critics Society
|Best Ensemble Cast
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nevadafilmcriticssociety.org/index.php/nevada-film-critics-society-awards/73-the-nevada-film-critics-societys-2014-awards-for-achievement-in-film |title=2014 Awards for Achievement in Film |website=Nevada Film Critics Society |accessdate=18 March 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184528/http://www.nevadafilmcriticssociety.org/index.php/nevada-film-critics-society-awards/73-the-nevada-film-critics-societys-2014-awards-for-achievement-in-film |archivedate=3 March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|Phoenix Film Critics Society
|Best Cast
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/2014-award-nominations/ |title=2014 Award Nominations |website=Phoenix Film Critics Society |accessdate=2 August 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206042837/http://phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/2014-award-nominations/ |archivedate= 6 February 2015 |df= }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8" |2015
|Central Ohio Film Critics Association
|Best Ensemble
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001325/ |title=Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards for 2015 |website=IMDb |accessdate=9 December 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228072008/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001325/ |archivedate=28 December 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|[[20th Empire Awards|Empire Awards]]
|[[Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer|Best Female Newcomer]]
|''Guardians of the Galaxy'' and ''Oculus''
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |title=‘Interstellar' wins Film, Director at Empire Awards |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/global/interstellar-wins-film-director-at-empire-awards-1201462423/ |website=[[Variety.com]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media]] |date=30 March 2015 |accessdate=30 March 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312130035/http://variety.com/2015/film/global/interstellar-wins-film-director-at-empire-awards-1201462423/ |archivedate=12 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2015/winners/best-female-newcomer.asp |title=Best Female Newcomer |website=[[Empireonline.com]] |publisher=[[Bauer Consumer Media]] |accessdate=1 April 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113606/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2015/winners/best-female-newcomer.asp |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards]]
|[[Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (long-list)
|''Oculus''
|{{nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael Gingold |url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2015-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-winners-and-full-results/ |title=The 2015 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Winners and Full Results! &#124; FANGORIA® |publisher=Fangoria.com |date=1 June 2015 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204005338/http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2015-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-winners-and-full-results/ |archivedate=4 December 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival
|Best Actress in a Short Film (Long)
|rowspan="2" |''Bound for Greatness''
|{{nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Winners and Nominees |url=http://hangontoyourshortsfilmfestival.com/past-winners-and-nominees/ |website=hangontoyourshortsfilmfestival.com |accessdate=18 March 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329031351/http://hangontoyourshortsfilmfestival.com/past-winners-and-nominees/ |archivedate=29 March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |IFS Film Festival
|Best Actress in a Short Film
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IFS">{{cite news |title=IFS 2015 AWARD WINNERS |url=http://www.ifsfilm.com/2015/Award_Winners.html |website=IFS |accessdate=9 May 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502004014/http://www.ifsfilm.com/2015/Award_Winners.html |archivedate=2 May 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|Best Independent Short
|rowspan="2" |''Coward ''
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IFS"/>
|-
|[[Edinburgh International Film Festival]]
|Best Short Film
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/awards/2015-award-nominees |website=Edinburgh International Film Festival |title=2015 Official Awards nominees |accessdate=5 September 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905150622/http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/awards/2015-award-nominees |archivedate=5 September 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Rondo Hatton#Rondo Hatton Awards|Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards]]
| Best Short Film
| ''Conventional''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=224|title=Winners announced in the (Gasp!) 14th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards – The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=rondoaward.com}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
|London IFF Film Festival
|Best Lead Actress in a Short Film
|rowspan="2" |''Bound for Greatness ''
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=FilmFestInt |author=IFF |number=703343749368299520 |date=26 February 2016 |title=Best Lead Actress in a Short Film - Bound for Greatness @karengillan @jimmygadd #LondonIFF2016Winners}}</ref>
|-
|FirstGlance Film Festival
|Best Actress in a Short Film
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=firstglancefilm |author=FirstGlance Films |number=722854124836904960 |date=20 April 2016 |title=Winner-Best Actress (Short Film) awarded to @karengillan #BoundforGreatness by @jimmygadd #indiefilm #filmmaking }}</ref>
|-
|2017
|Maui Film Festival
|Rising Star
|{{n/a}}
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |last= Rubin |first= Rebecca |date= 5 June 2017 |title= Maui Film Festival Announces Karen Gillan as Rising Star Award Recipient |publisher= ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' |url= https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/karen-gillan-maui-film-festival-rising-star-award-1202454297/ |access-date= 5 June 2017 |deadurl= no |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170605203255/http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/karen-gillan-maui-film-festival-rising-star-award-1202454297/ |archivedate= 5 June 2017 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7" |2018
|[[Glasgow Film Festival]]
|Audience Award
|''The Party's Just Beginning''
|{{nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-film-festival/about-the-festival/audience-award |website=Glasgow Film Festival |title=Audience Award - Glasgow Film Festival|accessdate=24 February 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
| [[MTV Movie & TV Awards]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Team]] <small>(with [[Dwayne Johnson]], [[Kevin Hart]], [[Jack Black]] and [[Nick Jonas]])</small>
| rowspan="2" |''Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle''
|{{nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/mtv-movie-tv-awards-2018-nominations-complete-list-1108100 |title=MTV Movie & TV Awards: 'Black Panther,' 'Stranger Things' Top Nominations |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=3 May 2018 |accessdate=3 May 2018 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503235147/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/mtv-movie-tv-awards-2018-nominations-complete-list-1108100 |archivedate=3 May 2018 |df=}}</ref>
|-
|[[2018 Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Awards]]
|[[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Comedy|Choice Comedy Movie Actress]]
|{{nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/943773/teen-choice-awards-2018-avengers-infinity-war-black-panther-and-riverdale-among-top-nominees |website=E News |title=Teen Choice Awards 2018: Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther and Riverdale Among Top Nominees|accessdate=13 June 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
|DTLA Film Festival
|Best Female Actor in a Leading Role
|''All Creatures Here Below''
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/10th-Annual-DTLA-Film-Festival-Announces-2018-Filmmaker-Awards-20181024 |website= Broadway World |title=10th Annual DTLA Film Festival Announces 2018 Filmmaker Awards |accessdate=24 October 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
|[[Philadelphia Film Festival]]
|Artistic Achievement in Independent Film
|rowspan="3"|''The Party's Just Beginning''
|{{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.celebzz.com/karen-gillan-receives-the-artistic-achievement-in-independent-film-award-during-the-27th-philadelphia-film-festival/ |website= |title=Karen Gillan Receives the Artistic Achievement in Independent Film Award during the 27th Philadelphia Film Festival |accessdate=27 October 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
|[[2018 British Academy Scotland Awards|British Academy Scotland Awards]]
|Best Feature Film
|{{pending}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/calibre-leads-bafta-scotland-nominations-/5132982.article |website=Screen Daily |title='Calibre' leads BAFTA Scotland nominations |accessdate=30 September 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
|[[British Independent Film Awards 2018|British Independent Film Awards]]
|Debut Screenwriter Award
|{{pending}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bifa.film/awards/2018/winners-nominations/|website= BIFA|title=Winners Nominations|accessdate=31 October 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
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Revision as of 20:19, 2 November 2018

Not to be confused with Karen Gillon.

Karen Gillan
Colour photograph of Karen Gillan
Gillan in 2017
Born (1987-11-28) 28 November 1987 (age 36)
Inverness, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Alma materItalia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • model
Years active2006–present
RelativesCaitlin Blackwood (cousin)

Karen Gillan (born 28 November 1987)[1] is a Scottish actress, director, screenwriter and model. She played the role of Amy Pond, companion to the Eleventh Doctor, in the BBC One science fiction series Doctor Who (2010–2013). She has received wide recognition for portraying Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and its untitled sequel (2019) and also played Ruby Roundhouse in the box-office hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).

In 2018, she released her first featured film as a writer and director, titled The Party's Just Beginning.[2]

Early life

Gillan was born and raised in Inverness. When she turned 16, Gillan moved to Edinburgh and completed an HNC Acting and Performance course at Telford College.[3] She moved to London at age 18 to study at the drama school, Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.[4][5]

While studying at Italia Conti, Gillan was scouted by a modelling agency.[6] Gillan has said she would not give up her acting career to return to modelling, stating that she enjoyed modelling but acting was always her main interest and goal.[7]

Career

Television

Gillan with Matt Smith, filming her first Doctor Who episode as Amy Pond.

Gillan's early television acting career included guest appearances on several drama series, with her first role being in an episode of Rebus, a role she obtained while still at Italia Conti.[8] Gillan then undertook a two-year stint as a member of the ensemble cast of the sketch comedy series The Kevin Bishop Show, in which she played multiple characters including celebrities such as Katy Perry and Angelina Jolie. Gillan also appeared on TV in a leading role in a horror project entitled The Well, which was broadcast as a series of episodic short films on BBC Two and later as a web series on BBC.co.uk. Part of the BBC's multimedia "switch" programming, the short episodes interconnect with online games that further explore the environments presented in the series.[9]

Gillan portrayed Amy Pond, companion to the Eleventh Doctor, on the British sci-fi series Doctor Who. Before cast in the lead role in May 2009, she previously appeared on Doctor Who in series four episode "The Fires of Pompeii" in the role of a Soothsayer.[6] She made her first on-screen appearance as Amy Pond in "The Eleventh Hour" with her cousin Caitlin Blackwood portraying a young Amelia (Amy) Pond.[10][11][12] In 2010, she won in the Entertainment category at Young Scot Awards. She appeared in the following sixth series in 2011 and the first five episodes of the seventh series in 2012,[13] after which her character and Rory Williams (portrayed by Arthur Darvill) have left the series.[14] Gillan reprised her role in a cameo appearance in the 2013 Christmas special "The Time of the Doctor".

She was cast in comedian Charlie Brooker's TV series A Touch of Cloth,[15] portraying Kerry Newblood. Gillan joined the regular cast of Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV:: for the show's third season in 2013.[16][17]

In February 2014, Gillan was cast as the lead in Selfie, an American single-camera sitcom for ABC, which is produced by Warner Bros. Television and was greenlit for the 2014–15 US television season. Gillan played a social media-obsessed socialite named Eliza Dooley, a modern-day take on the main character from My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle. This was Gillan's first time starring in the lead role of an American television series.[18][19][20] The series was cancelled by ABC on 7 November 2014 after seven episodes;[21] the remaining six episodes were made available on Hulu starting 25 November 2014.[22]

Film

Gillan at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

She appeared in the Channel 4 film Stacked.

In August 2011, it was announced that Gillan would star in an indie Scottish romantic comedy called Not Another Happy Ending alongside Emun Elliott.[23] She was selected by director John McKay because he came to know her during the production of We'll Take Manhattan, which he also directed, as "a very bubbly, vibrant, energetic, funny, slightly clumsy person" who was a perfect fit for the character.[24] Filming took place in July 2012,[23] though Elliott was replaced by Stanley Weber.[25] Gillan told journalists that she was happy to be involved in a Scottish production that "isn't about drug use or fighting the English".[26] The film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2013.[27][28][29] In 2012, Gillan appeared in the television film We'll Take Manhattan playing the part of supermodel Jean Shrimpton, which told the story of Shrimpton's relationship with the photographer David Bailey.[30]

Gillan starred in the lead role in the supernatural horror movie Oculus, which was filmed in Alabama and released in April 2014.[31]

In May 2013, Gillan was cast as Nebula in the Marvel superhero science fiction film Guardians of the Galaxy, which was released in August 2014.[32] Gillan had her head shaved bald for the role.

In May 2014, Gillan was cast in the Ti West-directed Western film In a Valley of Violence opposite John Travolta, Ethan Hawke and Taissa Farmiga. Gillan portrayed Ellen, the older sister to Farmiga's character.[33]

In 2015, Gillan appeared in the Adam McKay-directed drama film The Big Short alongside Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell and Melissa Leo.[34]

In 2017, Gillan reprised her role as Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, this time becoming a member of the film's eponymous team,[35] and co-starred in The Circle, alongside Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, and John Boyega. The latter film, released in April, was directed and written by James Ponsoldt, and was based on the novel by Dave Eggers.[36] Also that year, Gillan played the lead female role in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a sequel to 1995 film Jumanji, starring alongside Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Nick Jonas.[37]

Gillan reprised her Nebula character in Avengers: Infinity War and its untitled, upcoming, sequel, which were filmed back-to-back. Principal photography began in January 2017, at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia.

Theatre

In 2011, Gillan made her first theatre appearance playing the role of Shirley in John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence along with Douglas Hodge.[38] The play debuted at the Donmar Warehouse on 16 October 2011.[38]

In November 2013, Gillan appeared on Broadway in a play called Time to Act, one of the plays included in "The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway" to benefit the non-profit Urban Arts Partnership.[39]

Selected other work

Gillan has also voiced advertisements for eHarmony and The Royal Bank of Scotland. Gillan also appeared in TV on the Radio's "Happy Idiot" music video, released on 3 October 2014.[40]

Gillan wrote and directed her first short film, Coward, which screened at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival, and nominated for several awards.[41][42] Later in the year she wrote, directed, and starred in another short film called Conventional.[43]

On 2 November 2016, it was announced that Gillan will write, direct and star in her feature directorial debut with Burbank-based development and production company Mt. Hollywood Films' indie drama project titled Tupperware Party. Set in her home city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, filming began in January 2017[44] and wrapped in the next month.[45] The title of the film was later changed to The Party's Just Beginning.

Personal life

In 2011, Gillan helped promote Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC)[46] and the opening of Squirrel Ward in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.[47] During a 2012 interview on The Late Late Show, she stated that she had relocated to the US to star in the film Oculus.[8]

She has stated that, although her family is Catholic, she has not been christened and is not religious, instead agreeing with the statement that, "we're just minuscule dots in the vast cosmic emptiness of the universe".[48]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Outcast Ally
2013 Not Another Happy Ending Jane Lockhart
Oculus Kaylie Russell
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Nebula
2015 The Big Short Evie
2016 In a Valley of Violence Ellen
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Nebula
The Circle Annie Allerton
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Martha
2018 The Party's Just Beginning Liusaidh Also director and screenwriter
Avengers: Infinity War Nebula
Alex & the List Lily
All Creatures Here Below Ruby Post-production
2019 Untitled Avengers film Nebula Post-production
Spies in Disguise Eyes (voice) Filming
Call of the Wild Mercedes Filming

Short films

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Bound for Greatness Maeve MacDonough
2015 Warning Labels Mindy
Coward — Director, screenwriter and executive producer
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two Rachel Milligan segment Conventional
Also director and screenwriter

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Rebus Teri Cotter Episode: "A Question of Blood"
2008 Stacked Ginny Turner Television film
Doctor Who Soothsayer Episode: "The Fires of Pompeii"
Harley Street Holly Episode 1
2008–2009 The Kevin Bishop Show Various characters Main role
2008 Coming Up Anna Episode: "Thinspiration"
2009 The Well Coll 4 episodes
2010–2013 Doctor Who Amy Pond Series 5–7, 2013 specials
2010–2011 Doctor Who Confidential Herself Recurring role
2012 We'll Take Manhattan Jean Shrimpton Television film
In Love With... Laura Episode: "In Love with Coward"[49]
2013 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Daisy Main role
2014 A Touch of Cloth Kerry Newblood 2 episodes
Selfie Eliza Dooley Main role
2015 The Devil You Know Jane Porter Unaired HBO pilot episode[50][51]
Comedy Bang! Bang! Herself Episode: "Karen Gillan Wears A Black and White Striped Pullover and Coral Skirt"
7 Days in Hell Lily Allsworth Television film
Robot Chicken Anastasia Steele / Susanna Walcott / Elizabeth Proctor (voice) Episode: "Zero Vegetables"
2016 Emo Dad Jessica (voice) 5 episodes

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2010–2011 Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Amy Pond Series 1–2
2010 Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth
Doctor Who: Return to Earth

Stage

Year Title Role Venue
2011 Inadmissible Evidence Shirley Donmar Warehouse
2013 Time to Act Karen Broadway

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2010 TV Quick Awards Best Actress Doctor Who Nominated [52]
Cosmopolitan's Ultimate Women of the Year Awards Best Actress Won [53]
Young Scot Awards Entertainment Won [54][55]
2011 SFX Awards Best Actress Won [56]
TV Choice Awards Best Actress Won [57]
Scream Awards Best Sci-Fi Actress Nominated [58]
2012 National Television Awards Best Drama Performance: Female Won [59]
SFX Awards Best Actress Nominated [60]
Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards Favourite UK Actress — Nominated [61]
Scottish Fashion Awards Scotland's Fashion Icon — Won [62]
2013 National Television Awards Best Drama Performance – Female Doctor Who Nominated [63]
2014 Fright Meter Awards Best Actress Oculus Nominated [64]
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Guardians of the Galaxy Won [65]
Nevada Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Cast Won [66]
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Cast Nominated [67]
2015 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Ensemble Nominated [68]
Empire Awards Best Female Newcomer Guardians of the Galaxy and Oculus Won [69][70]
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Actress (long-list) Oculus Nominated [71]
Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival Best Actress in a Short Film (Long) Bound for Greatness Nominated [72]
IFS Film Festival Best Actress in a Short Film Won [73]
Best Independent Short Coward Won [73]
Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Short Film Nominated [74]
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Best Short Film Conventional Nominated [75]
2016 London IFF Film Festival Best Lead Actress in a Short Film Bound for Greatness Won [76]
FirstGlance Film Festival Best Actress in a Short Film Won [77]
2017 Maui Film Festival Rising Star — Won [78]
2018 Glasgow Film Festival Audience Award The Party's Just Beginning Nominated [79]
MTV Movie & TV Awards Best On-Screen Team (with Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Nick Jonas) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Nominated [80]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Comedy Movie Actress Nominated [81]
DTLA Film Festival Best Female Actor in a Leading Role All Creatures Here Below Won [82]
Philadelphia Film Festival Artistic Achievement in Independent Film The Party's Just Beginning Won [83]
British Academy Scotland Awards Best Feature Film Pending [84]
British Independent Film Awards Debut Screenwriter Award Pending [85]

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